Calibration
I came to Zánka for a vinegar tasting, which is not the sort of sentence I ever expected to say out loud.
Raw and blunt anal stories
Stories in Anal tagged raw and blunt, ranked by how many readers finish them. Reads run 13 to 17 minutes. Writers to know: The Sage Reverie, Scarlet Verse and The Ochre Transit. Readers usually start with “Calibration” and “The Lobster Pot”. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
Raw and blunt anal stories, ranked by readers
01 02 The Lobster Pot
The suitcase comes around the carousel for the third time and I just stand there watching it.
03 The Equinox Drop
The equinox crowd showed up at the mine shaft around four in the afternoon, the same as they did every March and September, and I was…
04 The Calibration Hour
The last pod slid out of Güzelyurt at 11:40, and I stood there watching it go like it was a boat leaving without me.
05 Summer Rooftop
Right off, I wasn't stalking anybody.
06 Concrete Heat
The slam happens every first Friday of the month, down in the parking garage under the Arts Center.
07 The Baker and the Knapper
I still don't know exactly why I said yes to this.
08 Papercut Spite
I want to start with the memo, because the memo is the whole reason for what happened on the nineteenth floor of Blaine & Rodgers on a…
09 Mess Hall Reunion
The neon sign outside the bar buzzed like it always did.
10 Birthday Hostage
Birthdays stopped being fun for me somewhere around thirty-six.
11 Clock Tower Afternoon
Lindy showed up at the fairgrounds at ten in the morning, still in her patrol jacket even though she was off duty.
12 The Organ Loft
Rafe got to the flat on a Thursday evening, the keys still warm from Eliza's pocket.
13 keycard
*This one came from the image of two competent people stuck in a dumb situation and letting gratitude lead somewhere physical.
14 From the Edge of the Bed
*This one's for the messy mornings where you don't know if you're supposed to stay or go.
15 Second Viewing
The listing said two o'clock, so I got there at ten to two, because I'm the kind of editor who shows up early to things and then sits in…
16 Second Shift
I'd been working the rooftop shift at the Meridian for about a year by that summer, and I knew every corner of it.